Faculty

Professional interest

Competencies and learning outcomes

General competencies

Know the economic, cultural, and social factors affecting the health science professions, as well as the economic, ethical, and social applications of professional decisions.

Know current legislation that affects practicing the profession.

Apply the professional codes of ethics and conduct considering user rights and current legislation.

Establish good interprofessional communication to address the community where you work and the individuals you deal with efficiently and with empathy.

Specific competencies

Identify that the professional practice is rooted in respect for patient autonomy, the patient's beliefs, culture, and genetic, demographic, and socioeconomic determinants, applying the principles of social justice and understanding the ethical implications in a changing global context.

Incorporate ethical and legal principles in professional practice, always acting based on complying with ethical obligations, current legislation, and normopraxis (doing well) criteria, integrating social and community aspects in decision making.

Professional competencies

Understand, critically evaluate, and know how to use technology and sources of biomedical information to obtain, organize, interpret, and communicate scientific and health information. Learn the basics concepts about biostatistics and their application. Use search and retrieval systems for biomedical information, and understand and critically interpret scientific texts. Know the principles about the scientific method, biomedical research, and clinical trial.

Perform a podiatric medical history and record the information obtained. Phylogeny of the locomotor system. The foot throughout history. Develop physical examination techniques. Normal clinical parameters in decubitus and static and dynamic standing. Clinical examination techniques. Study of the techniques and forms of podiatric action in the health field.

Act based on compliance with the ethical obligations of the profession, current legislation and the criteria of good practice. Patient rights. Civil and health liability. Ethical issues in the professional practice. Tools assisting the professional in the event of ethical problems. Professional framework. Rights and obligations of the professional.

Know and use the clinical history, value and apply the preoperative protocol and informed consent.

Know and use the techniques of examination, diagnosis, and treatment of tumors in the foot. Know and know how to treat complications and side effects deriving from the application of podiatric surgery and chiropodiatric techniques.

Objectives (Learning outcomes)

01Learn key aspects of marketing of services

02Familiarize students with the tools to comercialize health services / podiatry

03Promote marketing thinking in students with a non-economic formation and health-viewpoint

04Develop basic business skills

05Confront students to business management problems and provide tools for their resolution

Complementary bibliography

Links

Software

Methodology and grading

Grading

Students can choose one of the following two systems:

A) For the February call: Practices. 1. There are 5 groups (two or three people each group) and one individual. 2. All practices must be submitted. If any practice is not presented, the student must take the exam. 3. Practices must be delivered via Web (not supported by email or hand delivery). 4. All the practices will be announced on the web of the course. 5. All of them have the same relative importance (12.5%). 6. The final grade in the course will be the average of the scores of the practices. 7. The calls for December and September can only be made by the examination modality. 8. The call is suspended with zero points if fraud is detected in any practice. See the honesty policy.

B. For the calls for December, February and September: Exam. 1. In case the student has not delivered all the practices or has suspended them, they may take the exam. 2.The content are the topics specified in the Teaching Guide. 3. It will consist of 5 questions to be developed. 4. All the questions have the same relative score (20%).

Correction criteria

1. The answers in the exam or in the practices should be strictly referred to what is asked and be argued.2. The appropriate wording and the organization of the contents are valued.3. The submitted works must comply with the honesty policy.4. It is mandatory to enter the bibliography consulted to perform the practices.

Additional requirements

Honesty policy

The student must be honest and not commit fraud. They are considered deliberate frauds

* In the practical part:- Do not work without justification in group or slow down your progress. Testimonials of "I'm not bad with ..." and similar are not accepted.- Do not go without justification to the meetings of your group.- Do the work individually and / or present it as if it were a group.- Include as an author a colleague who has not participated in its preparation.

The following dishonest behaviors are penalized:

- Use all / part of a job without indicating its authorship. - Modify grammar of a foreign text and make it pass as your own. - Include citations that are not referenced in the bibliography. - Cite as sources of information texts that have not actually been used.

* In the content part:- Copy (or try) during the exam by written element or using any technology.- Collaborate fraudulently with a partner during the exam.

In case of dishonest behavior, the student will suspend the subject with zero points.

Each student is committed to:

- Be responsible for the presented practice and the veracity of its content.- Do not falsify information.- Work with the group of practices to which you have been assigned.- Not to use fraudulent means in the evaluation tests or in the works that are carried out.